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Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent passage:

  1. Yet, even as TikTok delights consumers and advertisers, others believe the sunny app has a dark side.
  2. Since launching just five years ago, the app has brought a warm glow to its 1 billion plus users, as well as an icy dash of competition to the social media incumbents of Silicon Valley.
  3. ByteDance, its owner, has its headquarters in China, whose government is addicted to surveillance and propaganda- making it a worrying place for a media app to be placed.
  4. With its wholesome dancing and lip-syncing videos, TikTok once billed itself as the 'last sunny corner on the Internet.'

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Solution

✅ Correct Answer: 4213

The passage talks about TikTok's positive image versus concerning Chinese ownership

Link A (4 → 2): "The app" in sentence 2 refers back to TikTok introduced in sentence 4, creating pronoun-antecedent connection.

Link B (2 → 1): "Yet" contrasts with sentence 2's positive description, introducing the opposing view about TikTok's dark side.

Link C (1 → 3): Sentence 3 explains the specific "dark side" mentioned in sentence 1 through ByteDance's Chinese ownership.


Introduction: Sentence 4 introduces TikTok and establishes its wholesome, positive image first.

Conclusion: Sentence 3 concludes by explaining the specific surveillance and propaganda concerns.


Assembling: Start with TikTok's positive branding, then growth success, contrast with concerns, explain specific risks.

Hence the correct order is 4213

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